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Loaëc, Arnaud. "L’empereur dans l’épigraphie byzantine 641-1204." Thesis, Paris 4, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA040041.
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L’épigraphie byzantine est en science en construction dans le domaine de l’épigraphie médiévale. Ce travail repose sur la présentation d’un corpus de 229 inscriptions historiques comportant le nom de l’empereur byzantin, annotées et commentées, présenté par une étude globale du dossier. L’étude de la nature ainsi que de la répartition géographique et chronologique des inscriptions permet de souligner une nette domination de la capitale. En effet, la moitié du corpus est constitué des inscriptions de Constantinople, en particulier lors des périodes difficiles (VIIe-IXe siècles). La répartition chronologique est assez régulière mais avec une part assez importante des inscriptions d’époque macédonienne (867-1055). Les titulatures impériales sont à la fois stéréotypées et variées. Autour de la formule incontournable de pistos en Christos basileus autokrator, les épithètes correspondent souvent à l’idéologie impériale du moment ou du contexte, ce qui produit une assez grande variété des titres. Enfin, l’inscription est souvent incompréhensible pour des populations en majorité analphabètes. Du coup, en tant qu’objet elle est aussi un instrument idéologique qui permet de marquer le territoire de l’empreinte impériale, en particulier lors de la mise en défense d’une région, ou de la construction d’églises. En tant qu’objet présenté à la vue de tous, le texte inspire la crainte aux ennemis de l’Empire et le respect des populations locales envers leur empereurThe Byzantine epigraphy is a science under construction in the sphere of medieval epigraphy. This work is based on the presentation of a corpus of 229 historical inscriptions with the name of the Byzantine Emperor, annotated with commentary, presented by a comprehensive study of the file. The study of nature together with the geographical and chronological distribution of inscriptions allows to underline a clear domination of the capital. In fact, half of the corpus consists of Constantinople inscriptions, especially during difficult times (7th-9th centuries). The chronological distribution is fairly regular but with a sizeable part of the Macedonian inscriptions (867-1055). Imperial titulatures are both stereotypical and varied. Around the essential title pistos en Christos basileus autokrator, epithets often correspond to the imperial ideology of the moment or context, which produces a considerable variety of titles. Finally, inscription is often incomprehensible to the majority of the population, for the greater part illiterate. So, as an object, it is also an ideological instrument to mark out the territory of the imperial inprint, especially in the defense of a region, or when he building up of churches. As an object presented in plain sight, the text inflicts fear on the enemies of the Empire and generates respect of local people to their emperor
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Olster, David Michael. "The politics of usurpation in the seventh century : rhetoric and revolution in Byzantium /." Amsterdam : A. M. Hakkert, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39075052h.
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Bredenkamp, François. "The Byzantine empire of Thessaloniki (1224-1242) /." Thessaloniki : Municipality of Thessaloniki : Thessaloniki history center, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37043997k.
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Goudal, Aurélie. "Possessions et exorcismes dans l'hagiographie byzantine primitive (IVe-VIIe siècle)." Thèse, Paris 4, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/6660.
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Jevtić, Ivana. "Les motifs antiques dans la peinture murale byzantine des XIIIe et XIVe siècles." Paris 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA010503.
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Cette thèse constitue une étude des motifs antiques dans la peinture murale byzantine des XIIIe et XIVe siècles, l'époque de la dynastie des Paléologues (1261-1453). Le corpus des monuments couvre tout le territoire de l'Empire byzantin, mais aussi son aire d'influence culturelle balkanique. La présence de l'héritage antique, au fondement de la culture byzantine, a déjà donné lieu à une abondante historiographie; toutefois, un essai de systématisation manquait pour la période paléologue et ce sujet n'a pas été appréhendé dans une perspective globale. Ce travail est centré sur le problème de la présence de l'antique dans la peinture, de sa forme et de sa signification. L'accent est mis sur la recherche du sens et des raisons du remploi des modèles antiques pour déterminer ce qui a poussé les artistes à les utiliser. L'étude montre finalement que les motifs antiques sont repris surtout à cause de leur potentiel descriptif. Dans le cadre d'une utilisation savante, ils sont porteurs d'une valeur artistique nouvelle et interviennent dans l'image à l'instar des citations qui peuvent émailler un texte. La présence de l'antique est envisagée dans le contexte général de l'art paléologue et mise en relation avec le développement des tendances narratives et l'enrichissement de l'iconographie traditionnelle. Ces deux phénomènes étroitement liés sont le signe d'un nouvel esprit qui influence l'art dans le sens du renouveau et d'une forme d'humanisme chrétien.
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Franses, Henri. "Portraits of patrons in Byzantine religious manuscripts." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22359.
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Byzantine religious manuscripts were commissioned by people from many levels of society. Several contain portraits of their commissioners, represented together with a holy figure. An analysis of these scenes, examining features such as the holy figures represented and their specific iconographic meaning, and the relation of mortal to divine, reveals many facets of Byzantine art, religion and society. This analysis indicates a major distinction between portraits representing the emperor, and those depicting all other patrons. Non-imperial portraits show deep personal devotion and piety. The manuscripts in which they occur were commissioned to honour the holy figure, and many request salvation in return. Imperial commissions, on the other hand, were not votive gifts. Their portraits stress the public, political, and occasionally religious role of the emperor as the elected of God upon earth, and head of state. These portraits are thus highly informative of several aspects of Byzantine life.
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Necipoğlu, Nevra. "Byzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins : politics and society in the Late Empire /." Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9780521877381.
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ʻAbd, Allāh Wadīʻ Fatḥī. "al-ʻAlāqah al-siyāsīyah bayna Bīzanṭah wa-al-Sharq al-Adná al-Islāmī." Iskandarīyah : Muʼassasat Shabāb al-Jāmiʻah, 1990. http://books.google.com/books?id=zogLAAAAIAAJ.
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Niavís, Pávlos E. "The reign of the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I : (AD 802-811) /." Athens = Athī́na : St. D. Basilopoulos = St. D. Vasilópoulos, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb389454036.
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Texte remanié de: Ph. D. thesis--University of Edinburgh, 1985.Mention parallèle de titre ou de responsabilité : Ī vasileía tou vyzantinoú autokrátora Nikīfórou A' : 802-811 m. Ch. / Paúlos E. Niavī́s. Résumé en grec. Bibliogr. p. 283-304. Index. Notice partiellement translittérée du grec (monotonique) selon la norme ISO 843 (1997).
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Smythe, Dion Clive. "Byzantine perceptions of the outsider in the eleventh and twelfth centuries a method /." Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.388219.
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Maksimović, Ljubomir. "The Byzantine provincial administration under the Palaiologoi /." Amsterdam : A. M. Hakkert, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35034929v.
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Xanthopoulou, Maria. "Les luminaires en bronze et fer aux époques paléochrétienne et byzantine : typologie, technologie, utilisation." Paris 1, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997PA010629.
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Parmi les objets utilitaires en métal vil, les luminaires constituent une partie importante des collections byzantines et du matériel archéologique trouve en contexte. En vue d'une première étude d'ensemble, nous avons choisi de traiter les quatre types de luminaires que l'on rencontre le plus fréquemment dans l'empire byzantin : les lampes à bec, les candélabres, les lampes en forme de coupe et les lustres. Il convenait aussi de présenter les accessoires associés à ces objets, à savoir les éléments de suspension, les récipients à huile, les supports de mèche, et de mentionner les combustibles employés. L'objectif principal est d'établir une typologie formelle pour chaque catégorie de luminaire étudiée. Le matériel issu de contextes archéologiques permet de localiser la production et d'illustrer sa diffusion chronologique et spatiale. La comparaison systématique de nos luminaires avec des objets équivalents en céramique et en verre, aussi bien que leur mise en rapport avec d'autres types d'objets métalliques contemporains, qu'il s'agisse d'objets utilitaires ou de dévotion, sert à les rattacher à un contexte artisanal précis. Nous procédons par la suite à l'examen des matériaux, des techniques de fabrication et de décor des luminaires en métaux cuivreux. Les analyses chimiques, l'observation des moules et des traces de procédés divers sur les objets fournissent notre point départ. Une collecte de renseignements archéologiques et textuels relatifs à l'artisanat du cuivre complète notre approche technique. Le cout de la matière et sa résistance à l'usure font de nos luminaires des objets relativement précieux que l'on peut associer à des utilisateurs aises, laïcs ou ecclésiastiques. Nous nous penchons sur les contextes de découverte, ainsi que sur les sources écrites et picturales, afin de déterminer les lieux dans lesquels ils étaient employés et de préciser la terminologie des luminaires à ByzanceAmong the utilitarian objects made from non-precious metals, lighting devices constitute an important part of byzantine collections and archeological finds. We have chosen to examine the four main types of lighting devices most commonly used in the byzantine empire : lamps, lampstands, hanging bowl lamps and polikandela. We also present the different accessories associated with these objects, such as suspension chains, oil containers, wick holders, and to specify the fuel employed. Our main objective is to establish a typology for each category of lighting device. Material discovered in archeological context allows us to locate production centers and illustrate the distribution of the different types in space and time. Systematic comparison of our lighting devices with equivalent objects in clay and glass, as well as with other contemporary metal objects, whether utilitarian or devotional, helps us relate them to a specific crafts'context. We then examine the materials, fabrication and decorative techniques of the lighting devices made from copper alloys. Chemical analyses, close observation of moulds and of traces left by different techniques on the objects themselves, constitute our starting point. A survey of archeological and litterary evidence concerning the copper industry and craftsmanship completes our technical approach. Cost and resiliance turn our lighting devices into relatively precious objects, which can be associated with wealthy, lay or ecclesiastical users. We take into consideration the archeological contexts, as well as pictorial and litterary information, in order to determine where these lighting devices were used and which terms described them in Byzantine times
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Andriollo, Luisa. "Constantinople et les provinces : le rôle de l’aristocratie aux IXe-XIe siècles." Thesis, Paris 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA040188.
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Cette recherche se propose d’étudier l’évolution des relations entre Constantinople et les provinces micrasiatiques de l’Empire entre le IXe et le XIe siècle, en ce qui concerne les formes concrètes de l’administration et de l’exploitation des territoires provinciaux, ainsi que la perception et la représentation culturelle de ce rapport. Nous sommes concentré en particulier sur le rôle politique et social de l’aristocratie. Les représentants de ce groupe social étaient en effet les principaux interlocuteurs politiques du pouvoir impérial ; pendant toute la période considérée, ils remplirent une importante fonction de médiation entre le gouvernement central et la société provinciale, par l’exercice des fonctions publiques et par l’action de réseaux, parfois très étendus, de relations personnelles.Après avoir situé notre travail dans le contexte de la discussion historiographique et avoir reconstruit d’abord la représentation traditionnelle des provinces dans la littérature byzantine, ensuite la structure militaire, administrative et fiscale de l’administration provinciale, nous chercherons à définir les enjeux réels liés au contrôle des territoires orientaux à travers l’étude de trois macro-régions. À chaque fois nous nous efforcerons de déceler les intérêts économiques et stratégiques des institutions centrales, leurs rapports mutuels et leur interaction avec la société locale.Enfin, nous chercherons à décrire l’évolution du profil social de l’aristocratie méso-byzantine, de son idéologie et son attitude vis-à-vis de l’idéal impérial. Une telle analyse peut aider à mieux comprendre la crise qui bouleversa l’Empire à la veille de l’avènement d’Alexis ComnèneThis research aims to study the development of relations between Constantinople and the provinces of Asia Minor belonging to the Byzantine the Empire between the ninth and eleventh centuries. This study includes non only a research on the concrete ways to administer and exploit the provincial jurisdictions, but also the perception and cultural representation of the relation between center and periphery. We focused in particular on the political and social role of the aristocracy. The members of this social group were the main political agents of the imperial power; throughout the period, they filled an important mediating role between the central government and the provincial society, by the public functions they exercised and by the extensive and active networks of their personal relationships.After situating our work in the historiography, we dwell on the traditional representation of the provinces in the Byzantine literature, we also describe the military, administrative and fiscal structures of the provincial administration, seeking to identify the real issues related to the control of these Eastern territories, through the study of three macro-regions. For each of them, we try to identify the economic and strategic interests of the central institutions, their mutual relations and their interaction with the provincial society, particularly with the aristocracy.In the last part of this thesis, we try to describe the evolution of the meso-Byzantine aristocracy social profile, its ideology and its attitude vis-à-vis the imperial ideal. Such an analysis can help to understand the political and structural crisis that shook the Empire on the eve of Alexis Comnenus reign
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Moulet, Benjamin J. A. "Evêques, pouvoir et société à Byzance, début du VIIIe siècle - milieu du XIe siècle: territoires, communautés et individus dans la société privinciale de l'Empire byzantin." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210419.
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Co-tutelle de thèse Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne / Université Libre de Bruxelles, sous la direction conjointe de Michel KAPLAN (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) et de Jean-Marie SANSTERRE (Université Libre de Bruxelles)L’épiscopat constitue un fondement essentiel mais méconnu de l’Église mésobyzantine. Malgré la relative rareté des sources, il est possible d’en retracer l’histoire et les grandes évolutions :une part importante de l’hagiographie de l’iconoclasme et post-iconoclaste concerne en effet métropolites et évêques, témoignant du lien fort existant entre ceux-ci et le peuple des cités dont ils ont la charge, particulièrement quand ils sont considérés saints par la population. De nombreuses sources épistolaires, ecclésiastiques et sigillographiques, émanant des évêques eux-mêmes, permettent d’approcher les réalités du corps épiscopal et celles de la société provinciale qu’il représente auprès des autorités centrales. L’évêque apparaît également comme le relais des volontés impériale et patriarcale dans les provinces de l’Empire. Dans un contexte de compétition de pouvoir avec les autorités locales, l’évêque tente ainsi d’imposer le sien propre, dans ses aspects spatiaux, sociaux, religieux et symboliques.
L’approche collective et les approches individuelles de l’épiscopat doivent permettre de comprendre les réalités sociales d’un Empire de plus en plus centré sur sa capitale et dont sont progressivement détachées, du moins dans les sources, les périphéries. Une histoire décentrée de l’Empire byzantin passe dès lors par des études régionales mais aussi par des études consacrées à des groupes sociaux enracinés dans tout l’Empire, surtout lorsque, comme les évêques, ils revendiquent la spécificité de leur région et leur attachement à une société provinciale qui constitue le socle de l’Empire.
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The episcopate is an essential structure of the middle-Byzantine Church ;however, it remains little known. Although sources are limited, its history and evolution can still be reconstructed, as a large portion of the iconoclastic and post-iconoclastic hagiography deals with metropolitans and bishops. The sources reveal the strong connection between bishops and the inhabitants of the cities under their responsibility, especially when the population considers them as saints. Numerous epistolary, ecclesiastic and sigillographic documents issued by bishops themselves partially unveil the realities of the episcopal group and the provincial society that bishops represent to the central authorities. The bishop also serves as relay of both imperial and patriarchal wills to the provinces of the Empire. Competing with local authorities, the bishop thus tries to impose his own influence in its spatial, social, religious and symbolic dimensions.
Both collective and individual approaches of the episcopate make the social realities of the Empire more understandable, as it becomes more and more focused on its capital city while its peripheries gradually move away, which documentation seems to imply. Regional studies, but also studies focused on social groups established across the whole Empire, are the fundamentals of a decentred history of the Byzantine Empire. This is especially true since social groups such as bishops claim the specificity of their regions and their link to a provincial society that represents the cornerstone of the Empire.
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Friedman, Hannah Ariel. "Industry and Empire : administration of the Roman and Byzantine Faynan." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/4238.
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The aim of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of metalla, the imperially owned mining and quarrying districts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. These extraction industries, and their products, were vital for the State to supply the army and to provide metals for coinage and marble for imperial building projects. To meet the largescale production needs of the State, the administration of these regions had to manage, supply and organise the industry. This thesis argues that the administration of metalla profoundly impacted the regional landscape and studying these landscapes can reveal the management strategies employed. To explore these issues the Faynan, a copper mining district located in southern Jordan, is used as a case study. This region has been the focus of intensive survey and presents an exceptional opportunity for studying an industrial landscape. By examining the landscape, and comparing the Faynan case study to other metalla, the specific mechanisms of management used by the administration are revealed. Some methods involved the creation of infrastructure (roads, aqueducts and administrative buildings) to facilitate production. Certain activities and resources were centralised to allow for greater control. Using GIS, it is demonstrated that the administration employed complex understanding of the ability to exert control through surveillance in its placement of structures in the landscape. It is shown that the Faynan and other metalla used multiple strategies to accomplish production. By comparing metalla from a number of regions common patterns emerge and the importance of decorative stone and metal to the imperial State is confirmed. The archaeological record reflects in general and specific ways that landscapes were managed and organised by the mining and quarrying authorities.
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Delierneux, Nathalie. "Saintes de corps et d'esprit: la sainteté féminine dans l'hagiographie mésobyzantine (début VIIIe siècle-début XIIe siècle)." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211228.
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Smythe, Dion Clive. "Byzantine perception of the outsider in the eleventh and twelth centuries : a method." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2779.
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This thesis examines the portrayal of outsiders in Michael Psellos's Chronographia, Anna Komnene's Alexiad, and Niketas Choniates's Narrative - using sociological theories of deviancy. The twofold aim is to "treat texts seriously", localized in Jakobson's speech-event nexus of addresser, context, content, contact, code and addressee; and secondly to understand the texts as statements of the ideology of the dominant elite. Outsiders are defined (using the labelling orientation) as people successfully defined as deviants; deviant behaviour is whatever they do. The dominant elite creates cultural boundaries, and places individuals in outsider roles on the other side of those boundaries. Outsiders can be understood only in terms of who defines them as deviant; there is no material reality to deviancy. Stereotypes, which identify social categories of people by evaluative trait-characteristics, are necessary elements of human cognition; they become prejudice only when they are overgeneralized, based on too limited data, applied too widely and maintained in the face of contrary empirical evidence. The analysis of the three texts in depth allows the identification of those groups labelled as outsiders by these expositors of the dominant ideology. My conclusion is that these authors portray a picture of the Byzantine outsider, which is coherent between this limited sample group, allowing for individual variation. These authors used stereotypes to conceptualize and encode in the linguistic and lexicographical complexities of their texts the outsiders they identified in their societies. Their presentation uses stereotypes, but does not descend to prejudice.
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Zafeiris, Konstantinos A. "The 'Synopsis chronike' and its place in the Byzantine chronicle tradition : its sources (Creation -1081 CE) /." St Andrews, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/457.
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Asbridge, Thomas Scott. "The principality of Antioch 1098-1130." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321544.
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Papadopoulou, Pagona. "De l'unité à l'éclatement : la monnaie et son usage dans le monde byzantin (1092-1261)." Paris 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA010662.
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Ce travail jette une nouvelle lumière sur la monnaie et son usage dans les Balkans, les îles grecques, en Asie Mineure et à Chypre pendant les XIIe-XIIIe siècles. Elle comprend d'abord une étude de la production monétaire: les dénominations émises, leurs titres et valeurs relatives, les ateliers et leur organisation. Les résultats de ce travail sont utilisés pour analyser la circulation monétaire dans le territoire byzantin. À partir des trésors et des trouvailles isolées, nous étudions les spécificités monétaires des différentes régions, en comparant les schémas observés pour la période d'avant et d'après 1204. L'étude détaillée des documents écrits de cette période concernant la monnaie offre le complément nécessaire au matériel archéologique. La monétisation, la thésaurisation, les particularités observées dans la circulation monétaire sont toujours intégrées dans le contexte historique et économique et complètent notre aperçu de l'économie byzantine
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Prasad, Prerona. "Diplomacy and foreign policy in the personal reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (945-959)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ab8287bf-9eeb-44a0-b25d-317cb6da3131.
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This thesis examines Byzantine diplomacy and foreign policy in the round in the personal reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (945-959). This particular period has been singled out for investigation because Constantine had a keen personal interest in foreign affairs and two treatises from his reign, the De administrando imperio and the De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae, shed light upon the Byzantine view of the outside world and the workings of imperial bureaux charged with diplomatic affairs and the administration of military campaigns. After introducing the subject and the key sources, the thesis makes a clockwise circuit of all of the theatres in which Byzantine foreign policy was active. The first chapter looks at worldviews as documented in sources from Byzantium, Ottonian Saxony, and the Islamic Near East in order to determine how these key players saw their place in the world and systematised their relationships with each other. The second chapter discusses relations with the Islamic Near East and Transcaucasia and provides a survey of sources, historical reconstruction, and analysis of goals and processes. Chapter three examines relations with the Islamic caliphates of the central and western Mediterranean, and assigns them greater importance than generally acknowledged. Chapter four chronicles the nascent relations with Ottonian Saxony and Byzantium's re-engagement with the Transalpine Franks. Chapter five deals with the peoples of the Eurasian steppe and homes in on Byzantium's attempts to diffuse threats from this volatile world. Chapter six focuses on Italy as the region in which three strands of Byzantine foreign policy met and evaluates the empire's response to wholesale changes in power relations in the peninsula in the early years of Constantine's personal reign. The conclusion to the thesis interrogates whether Constantine's foreign policy kept the empire safe, enhanced its prestige, managed the military elites, and had an enduring legacy.
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Dayantis, Jean. "Doukas, histoire turco-byzantine : introduction, traduction et commentaire." Montpellier 3, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004MON30068.
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Doukas, historien du XVe siècle, nous présente une chronique allant de la deuxième guerre civile entre Byzantins, qui débute en 1341, jusqu'à la prise de l'île de Lesbos par les Turcs en 1462. Sa chronique devient précise et détaillée à partir du règne du sultan ottoman Bayazid Yildirim (Bajaret), 1389-1402. La chronique se poursuit en mettant en parallèle les règnes des empereurs byzantins Manuel II, Jean VIII et Constantin XI, et des sultans ottomans Mehmed (Mahomet) I, Mourad II et Mehmed II. Elle décrit le concile de Florence pour l'union des Eglises (1437-1438) et la prise de Constantinople par Mehmed II en 1453, qui met fin à l'empire byzantin. La chronique de Doukas nous est parvenue par un seul manuscrit, conservé à la Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. Le titre d'Histoire Turco-byzantine lui a été donné par son premier éditeur, Bullialdus, en 1649. La présente traduction du grec au français suit le texte établi par la savant roumain Vasile GrecuDoukas, who lived in the fifteenth century, is one of the last Byzantine historians. His “Turco-byzantine History” covers the period from 1341 to 1462. However, his chronicle becomes detailled and accurate with the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayazid Yildirim, 1389-1402. The chronicle continues by putting in parallel the reigns of the Byzantine emperors Manuel II, John VIII and Constantine XI, and of the Ottoman sultans Mehmed I, Mourad II and Mehmed II. The chronicle goes through the Council of Florence (1437-1438), aimed at the union of the Churches, and the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453. . The Doukas chronicle was saved for posterity in a single manuscript, bearing no title and preserved at the Paris National Library. The French title “Histoire turco-byzantine” was devised by its first editor, Bullialdus, in 1649. The present French translation follows the Greek text established by the Roumanian scholar Vasile Grecu
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Vanderheyde, Catherine. "La sculpture architecturale méso byzantine empire du Xe au XIIIe siècle." Paris 1, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA010682.
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Le sujet de la thèse concerne l'étude de la sculpture architecturale méso byzantine conservée en Epire. Au total, 235 bas-reliefs - dont 76 inédits - dates des Xe-XIIIe siècles ont été rassemblés dans un catalogue. L'histoire des lieux de provenance de chacun des reliefs répertoriés est étudiée dans la première partie de la thèse. La deuxième partie traite des matériaux, des outils et des techniques utilisés par les sculpteurs. Une analyse du répertoire ornemental des reliefs est contenue dans la troisième partie. La recherche menée dans chacune des parties de la thèse met en évidence les caractéristiques essentielles de la sculpture architecturale méso byzantine conservée en Epire. Au-delà des découvertes purement archéologiques (ateliers de sculpteurs, diffusion des motifs,. . . ), cette étude témoigne d'un développement urbain en Epire à la période méso byzantine, avant la naissance du despotatThe subject of the thesis concerns the study of the middle-byzantine architectural sculpture of Epiros. All in all, 235 reliefs - of which 76 are unpublished - from the 10th to the 13th century are gathered in a catalogue. The history of the places from which the reliefs come has been studied in the first part of the thesis. The second part deals with the stones, the tools and the carving techniques used by the sculptor. The third part is a thorough study of the reliefs' patterns. These three parts of the thesis show the main characteristics of the mesobyzantine sculpture of Epiros. Beside the archaeological discoveries (sculptors' workshops, patterns' diffusion,. . . ). This study proves the existence of an urban development in epiros in the mesobyzantine period, before the birth of the despotate
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Ubierna, Pablo. "La littérature apocalyptique byzantine : études sur une économie du temps." Paris 1, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA010519.
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Cette thèse concerne la littérature apocalyptique byzantine jusqu'à la fin du Xe siècle. Cette tradition doit être comprise non seulement comme un genre littéraire mais aussi comme un cadre conceptuel et interprétatif de l'histoire. Le concept fondamental dans la définition d'une pensée apocalyptique c'est la notion de fin. Celle-ci ne doit pas être comprise comme la fin de l'histoire mais comme la fin d'une oppression subie par le peuple de Dieu. Les traditions bibliques et post-bibliques hébrai͏̈que et syriaque utilisent des concepts pour exprimer l'idée de proximité de la fin. Pour sa part, la fin de l'histoire est censée arriver dans un avenir souvent éloigné. Apocalyptique et eschatologie manifestent donc deux approches différentes au fait historique. Cette thèse retrace l'évolution de ces concepts depuis les temps bibliques jusqu'à l'époque méso-byzantine en passant par les traditions patristique grecque, juive de l'antiquité tardive, syriaque et zoroastrienne.
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Dirodi, Morgan. "Space, monuments, and religion : the Christianisation of urban space in the Late Antique Levant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:67edfa1b-532b-4926-b010-6fd878c235c6.
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This thesis investigates the relationship between Christianity and urban monumental space in the late antique Levant. Through the analysis of both textual and archaeological evidence it seeks to clarify both the motives and the stages of the process of Christian takeover of the urban space of Levantine cities from the 4th to the 7th century AD. In doing so Christians were in essence both projecting their growth as the predominant religion and, at the same time, creating an entirely new monumental landscape. The case studies are presented in three separate groups, selected on the basis of the principal strategy that was chosen in the process of Christianisation of urban space. The first section analyses the cases of Gerasa, Jerusalem, Heliopolis, and Petra to illustrate the first of these strategies: the main method for occupying the symbolic space of the city was the construction of a contrast between the surviving ruins of the earlier, Hellenic, temples and the new Christian churches. The second group of case studies includes Scythopolis, Caesarea Maritima, Gaza, and to a certain extent Heliopolis. This section deals with those cities where the main strategy was the physical demolition of all or at least the most pre-eminent Hellenic buildings and their direct replacement with a new, and often grand, church. The third group, and the last, consists of the cities of Bostra, Gadara, Apamea, where rather than having to engage with a major Hellenic monument the main competitor was the secular state whether local or imperial. This is found to have resulted in a search for integration into the landscape rather than active competition.
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Holmes, Catherine. "Basil II and the government of Empire (976-1025)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0c31a663-8f27-4a87-b056-441c4b662553.
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The reign of Basil II (976-1025)is widely accepted as the high point of medieval Byzantium. When the emperor died, imperial frontiers were at their most far-flung since the seventh century. Yet despite the territorial significance of Byzantium in this period, there is no comprehensive modern history of the reign. This thesis develops two important foundation stones for a new narrative history of Basil II: a better understanding of the relevant medieval historiography, and an analysis of the economic and administrative structures which underpinned contemporary political society. The first three chapters analyse the main Greek narrative account of the reign composed by John Skylitzes at the end of the eleventh century. The first chapter is a detailed textual study. The second chapter explores the literary, social and political contexts behind Skylitzes' text. The third chapter compares Skylitzes' coverage of Basil's reign with the rest of the medieval historical record, and identifies a hitherto unacknowledged source in the Greek tradition. Read together, these chapters demonstrate how the demands of history writing in the later eleventh century conditioned Skylitzes' narrative. In order to gain a more contemporary view of the reign, chapters four to six examine the economy and administration of the eastern half of the Byzantine empire during the tenth and eleventh centuries. These chapters argue that from the middle of the tenth century onwards, the administration of the eastern half of the empire was predicated on an imperial desire to exploit increasing regional economic prosperity. However, successive emperors, most notably Basil II himself, recognised the substantial practical constraints on the penetration of imperial authority in the locality. As a result the administration of the Byzantine east was characterised by considerable flexibility, and was able to adapt with surprising ease to local conditions.
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Seckar-Bandow, Alyssa Alexandra. "Traders and merchants in early Byzantium : evidence from codified and customary law from the 4th to 10th centuries." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648246.
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Koutrakou, Niki-Catherine. "La propagande impériale byzantine persuasion et réaction du huitième au dixième siècle." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37598822h.
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Humphreys, Michael Thomas George. "Law, power and imperial ideology in the Iconoclast era." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610325.
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Lau, Maximilian Christopher George. "The reign of Emperor John II Komnenos, 1087-1143 : the transformation of the old order." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3e1770a8-f5f8-4a0d-bb8d-65be6a2d6d80.
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Despite ruling over arguably the most powerful Christian nation in the period, in a time when European and middle-eastern history entered a new phase of interaction due to the Crusades, John's reign has received little scholarly attention. The only major monograph is Chalandon's Les Comnènes from 1912, since which a number of new sources have come to light, together with numerous studies on his contemporaries. Despite the impression that sources are lacking for his reign, in fact there are over 50,000 words of court letters and poetry that allow us to take the political pulse of the Komnenian court. When incorporated with the extra information found in Syriac, Arabic, Russian, Hungarian and many other texts, archaeological remains, sigillographic and numismatic evidence, John's reign is in fact very well covered, and ripe for analysis. Between fieldwork in Turkey, Serbia and Kosovo and translations of these previously unused texts, this thesis contains new material on top of over a century of updated methodologies and research since Chalandon. As such, this thesis will reevaluate assumptions concerning John and his reign, including rewriting the narrative itself, which has previously been distorted due to the agendas of the few sources used. Through the reconstruction of this narrative John's empire can be reexamined, and how it operated in the changed world of the twelfth century determined. The empire found itself in a more multi-polar power dynamic, and tackled this by operating more as an empire than it had as a larger polity as in the previous century: incorporating other peoples as clients and emphasing the rhetoric of imperial piety and legitimacy of the Roman empire. Equally, all of John's actions on the frontiers were fuel for the political theatre that was Constantinople, and this dynamic shaped his actions and resulted in the empire that Manuel inherited.
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Della, Rocca de Candal Geri. "Bibliographia Historica Byzantina : a historical and bibliographical description of the early editions of the Corpus Historiæ Byzantinæ (1556-1645)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:110af123-aec5-4518-984e-f92a2acfd3c6.
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This thesis is concerned with the editorial, printing and marketing history of four Byzantine historical narratives, published between 1556 and 1645, and soon collectively identified under the name Corpus Historiæ Byzantinæ (hereinafter, 'Byzantine Corpus'). The four Byzantine historians - Ioannes Zonaras, Niketas Choniates, Nikephoros Gregoras and Laonikos Chalkokondyles - enjoyed considerable popularity in early modern Europe, with a peak of interest in the second half of the sixteenth century. This thesis aims at highlighting how these four texts, despite being so popular in a number of early modern European countries (particularly in the German-speaking area, in Italy and in France), did not do so for the same reasons: in fact, depending on the country in which these books were printed, they were marketed, perceived and read in very different ways. This element is particularly relevant in light of the fact that the Byzantine Corpus represents the earliest predecessor of the Corpus Fontium Historiæ Byzantinæ, the modern resource for the study of Byzantine historical sources. Chapter 1 analyses the early formation of the Byzantine Corpus and, in particular, the figure of Hieronymus Wolf, first editor of the Byzantine Corpus, often considered the 'father' of Byzantine studies; his relation with his patrons, the Fuggers of Augsburg; finally, his relation with his publisher, the Basel printer Johannes Oporinus. It then provides contextualised bibliographical and paratextual descriptions of the editiones principes of the Byzantine Corpus, all printed in Basel. Chapters 2-5 reflect the same comparative approach, used to investigate how the later editions of the Byzantine Corpus were prepared and marketed in different European countries: each chapter provides a bibliographical and paratextual analysis of the subsequent German, Italian, French and Genevan editions respectively. The Conclusions draw together all the information collected in the previous chapters and investigate three pivotal aspects of the Byzantine Corpus: i) the formation of the Byzantine Corpus and the individual popularity of each of the four Byzantine historians based on the frequency and popularity of both individual and collective editions; ii) the distinctive reasons of their popularity, analysed through a comparison of the different approaches with which editors and publishers have presented these texts to their respective audiences in Germany, Italy and France; iii) the reasons for the rise and decline in popularity of the Byzantine Corpus in the early seventeenth century.
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Mergiali, Sophia. "L'enseignement et les lettres pendant l'époque des Paléologues." Paris 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991PA010599.
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La dernière phase de l'histoire de Byzance (1261-1453), coïncide avec un grand essor intellectuel connu comme la "seconde renaissance byzantine". Amorcé sous l'empire de Nicée (1204-1261), ce second grand renouveau de l'intérêt pour l'antiquité grecque s'épanouira au long de l'époque des paléologues, en dépit du repli politique, militaire, social et économique, pour léguer ses conceptions et certains de ses aspects a la renaissance italienne. Bien que le rôle de l'éducation dans l'ascension sociale est primordial, celle-ci, laissée à l'initiative personnelle ou privée, ne fait pas l'objet de règlementation officielle. En fait, la portée du rôle de l'empereur et du patriarche en tant que principaux promoteurs de l'enseignement et de la culture est limitée et concerne uniquement la capitale. Comme aux siècles précédents le cycle de l'éducation comporte trois étapes (hiera grammata, enkyklios paideia et enseignement de haut niveau) qui ne sont parcourues jusqu'au but que par une classe sociale aspirant au pouvoir public ou ecclésiastique sinon par des individus qui visent à la notoriété intellectuelle. Or, pour la grande majorité l'enseignement reste attaché aux matières qui ont une application directe la vie publique, notamment la grammaire, la poésie et la rhétorique. .The last phase of Byzantium's history (1261-1453) coincides with a big intellectual uprising known as the "second byzantine renaisance. Starting under the empire of Nicée (1204-1261), this second big renewal of interest in the ancient greeks expanded all along the periode of palaiologues inspite of political, military, social and economic decline, passing over to the italian renaissance some of its ideas and conceptions. While education was essential for upward social mobility, it was left under personal or private initiative and without any official regulation. In fact, the primacy of the emperor an the patriarche as culture and education promoteurs was limited and only effective in the capital. Like in the preceding centuries education was echieved in three different stages (hiera grammata, enkylios paidela and high level education) that were not completed but by a particular social class looking for public or ecclesiastic power or by individuals seeking intellectual notoriety. Yet for the big majority of citizens education remained attached to practical matters that had direct application in public life : grammar, poetry an rhetoric. .
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Nilsson, Jonas. "Aristocracy, politics and power in Byzantium, 1025-1081." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aa6af896-c87c-42e7-a36b-b9d5c3c01987.
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The purpose of this thesis is to further our understanding of the period between the death of Basil II in 1025 and the accession of Alexios I Komnenos in 1081. Modern scholarship has often portrayed these 56 years as an important, transformative period, viewing the empire as standing at the height of its power at its beginning, only to be brought to the brink of collapse by civil wars and foreign invasions following the battle of Manzikert in 1071. Based on three unique and underexploited sources of evidence, namely the letters of Michael Psellos, the judicial handbook commonly known as the Peira and the so-called Consilia et Narrationes of Kekaumenos, it argues that the Byzantine state to a large extent relied on private networks to carry out public administration throughout the empire. Public and private power were thus intimately intertwined and by conveying information, orders and requests, but also by reproducing and enforcing norms of acceptable political behaviour, these networks served to compensate to some extent for the institutional shortcomings of the premodern state. It also challenges the idea that the political dynamic of the eleventh century was centred around the power struggles of 'great families' or clans that effectively functioned as political parties, as well as the idea that the emperors and their officials were apathetic about governing the provinces beyond what was necessary to pacify and extract resources from them. Taken together, the evidence examined consequently appears to suggest that, by the standards of the pre-modern world, the Byzantine empire had a reasonably well-functioning state and a fairly coherent society during the period in question, suggesting that the focus of the scholarly debate on the eleventh-century Byzantine collapse should, to some extent, be shifted from internal to external factors.
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Hierro, Ernest Marcos. "Die byzantinisch-katalanischen Beziehungen im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Chronik Jakobs I. von Katalonien-Aragon." München : Institut für Byzantinistik, neugriechische Philologie und byzantinische Kunstgeschichte der Universität, 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/37455606.html.
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Athanassopoulou-Pennas, Vassiliki. "Byzantine monetary affairs during the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th centuries." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:02e4cf82-a638-4bd2-a45b-09c17c585dc8.
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The subject for this dissertation is the study of Byzantine monetary affairs from the accesion of Leo III (717) up to the beginning of Alexius I's reign (1081). The work is divided into the following main chapters: I. Gold Coinage: Taking into account documentary and fragmentary numismatic evidence new chronologies and a few new attributions are attempted. A thorough survey of the recorded types and a detailed discussion of the relevant literature is included. References to iconography, monetary reforms and minting process are made. II.Silver Coinage: A similar study, including a separate section on metrology and valuation. III.Copper Coinage: The focus is concentrated in the coinages of Michael II, Theophilus and the anonymous folles of Class A. With the aid of detailed stylistic analyses, the study of dies and then the geographical distribution of the sylistic groups, the complex problem of provincial mints is discussed. The study is supplemented by four Appendices. Appendices I-III include a descriptive catalogue of 378 copper coins of Michael II and Theophilus upon which the stylistic analysis is based. Appendix IV contains catalogues of hoards and stray finds of Anonymous folles of Cl.A from Greece. Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Asia Minor. IV. Monetary Circulation. A detailed survey of the attested evidence from all the areas under Byzantine dominion is included. On the basis of hoards and stray-finds the trends of the circulation in Greece are described. This study is supplemented by Appendix V, where a corpus of 122 coin hoards is presented.
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Vaiou, Maria. "Diplomatic relations between the #Abbasid Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire : methods and procedures." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248991.
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Roche, Jason T. "Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147." Thesis, St Andrews, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/524.
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Williams, Miranda Eleanor. "The African policy of Justinian I." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:828f7ef5-9fac-4989-8cb0-7dcf8f1b06ae.
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In 533, Justinian I ordered the conquest of the former Roman provinces of Africa, which had been lost to the Vandals a century earlier. The 'reconquest' has been regarded, by contemporaries and modern scholars alike, as one of the defining successes of the reign. However, despite the evident achievements of the campaign, Roman victory over the Vandals marked little more than the beginning of the Eastern Roman Empire's attempt to consolidate its position in Africa. The unanticipated threat posed by hostilities from the Berber tribes would continue until 548. Roman-Berber relations, unlike other aspects of Justinian's foreign relations, have received comparatively little attention, and this study aims to reassess the establishment of Roman authority in Africa and the Eastern Roman Empire's response to the Berber threat. In particular, it considers whether this response should be seen as a series of ad hoc reactions to immediate circumstances, or whether it is possible to identify a coherent Roman policy vis-à-vis the Berbers. The major conclusions of this study fall in two areas. First, it argues that Roman objectives in Africa were far more limited than has generally been supposed, with the empire's territorial ambitions not extending beyond key coastal positions which offered strategic and commercial advantages, and from which the empire could project its limited authority into the interior. Second, this study concludes that the Eastern Roman Empire's actions with respect to the Berber tribes lacked coherence. Attempts to implement a system of client rulers were unsuccessful, partly as a result of the competition between individual Berber leaders as they sought to establish independent polities within the frontiers of the former Roman Empire; and partly as a result of an increasing lack of resources, as well as the instability caused by constantly changing leadership within the African civil and military administrations, which prevented the development of coherent long term strategies for addressing the Berber threat.
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Viale, Adrián. "La papauté et les institutions politiques et ecclésiastiques de l'Empire byzantin (VIe-VIIIe siècles)." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01H045.
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Cette thèse analyse le développement de l’identité institutionnelle de la papauté pendant l’époque byzantine, c’est-à-dire la représentation de l’Église romaine dans certaines sources officielles entre l’âge de l’empereur Justinien et la première moitié du huitième siècle. Le dossier des sources se concentre sur les actes des conciles œcuméniques et la production officielle du pouvoir impérial et de la papauté. Le propos est de montrer que loin d’être monolithique, l’identité institutionnelle de la papauté était changeante et fluide, et que les éléments qui la composaient se trouvaient modifiés selon le contexte, les nécessités et les enjeux du pouvoir. L’étude se focalise en particulier sur les disputes ecclésiologiques et les conciles destinés à les résoudre : la controverse des Trois Chapitres et le deuxième concile de Constantinople de l’année 553, la dispute monoénergiste et monothélite qui donne lieu au concile du Latran de l’année 649 et au troisième concile de Constantinople des années 680-681, et le concile quinisexte des années 691-692. Elle incorpore aussi d’autres développements liés à la représentation de la place de l’Église romaine, le rôle des papes, et la réception des conciles œcuméniquesThis dissertation analyses the development of the institutional identity of the Papacy during the Byzantine period, that is, the representation of the Roman Church in some official sources between the age of Emperor Justinian and the first half of the eighth century. The main sources are the acts of the ecumenical councils, as well as the official production of the imperial power and the papacy. The purpose is to show that, far from being monolithic, the institutional identity of the papacy was changing, dynamic and fluid, and the elements that composed it were modified according to the context, the necessities and the relations of power. The study focuses in particular on ecclesiological disputes and the councils aimed at resolving them : the Three Chapters controversy and the Second Council of Constantinople of 553, the monothelite dispute, including the Lateran Council of 649 and the Third Council of Constantinople of 680-681, and the Quinisext Council of 691-692. It also incorporates other developments related to the representation of the place of the Roman Church, the role of Popes, and the reception of ecumenical councils
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Donaldson, Danielle. "Studies in material, political and cultural impact of the Byzantine presence in early medieval Spain, c. 550-711." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283900.
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Merrony, Mark W. "Socio-economic aspects of the Byzantine mosaic pavements of Phoenicia and northern Palestine." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:95c71025-5688-4560-b84b-109dc9098bd8.
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The present thesis analyzes the Byzantine mosaic pavements of Phoenicia and Northern Palcatine from a socio-economic perspective, primarily by examining the laying of pavements including technical aspects and bedding, the quality of decoration, the distribution of pavements in time and space, as well as inscriptions which provide names of donors and artists as well as dates. The approach adopted represents a novel alternative and complement to typical interpretations of mosaic floor decoration which overwhelmingly focus on the development and diffusion of style, or provide an exegesis of figurative iconography. Key aspects discussed include the extent to which chronological patterns of mosaic floor laying may be used to gauge economic conditions; the factors which determined the quality and distribution of technique and decoration in different building types; as well as the social mechanisms of patronage. Close scrutiny of the regional mosaic Corpus (which includes the total number of pavements) suggests that mosaic pavements provide a reasonable indication of economic conditions, especially in association with other media (coins, pottery, inscriptions). Together these media paint a historical picture of the economy of the period. Having graded according to four Levels of Complexity all the geometric designs in the Corpus after their codification following the rules devised by the Association Internationale pour l'Etude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), and with the support of the written ancient sources, it is demonstrated that quality and distribution of technique and style were governed by a combination of factors, notably function, financial expenditure, social use and various socio-economic categories of patrons, liturgy and liturgical level of participation. By building on the methodologies followed and the conclusions reached by other mosaic scholars, this innovative approach has attempted to reintroduce the human element into a discipline focused since the late 1960s on codification and descriptive precision. Revealing the hidden costs underlying the laying of mosaic pavements has presented a new insight into mosaic pavements as tri-dimensional products of team work. Likewise, stripping the literary language of dedicatory formulas down to essential information has challenged the misinterpreting of epigraphic evidence regarding donations and donors. In-depth analysis of Christian mosaic inscriptions has strengthened the pattern of changes plotted by historians of the Early Byzantine period and suggested that Christian patronage of mosaic art is to be equated with the local initiatives of the Church, ecclesiatics and wealthy laymen (or women) as private donors, and more rarely entire village communities. By contrast, scrutiny of the Jewish and Samaritan mosaic inscriptions has highlighted the fact that benefaction emanated from rich and poor alike, and was far more family and community oriented.
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King, JaShong. "The Making of an Emperor: Categorizing Power and Political Interests in Late Roman Imperial Accessions (284 CE – 610 CE)." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36628.
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Roman emperors came to power through a hybrid dynastic/elective selection system that was never formally codified. This lack of codification has caused problems for modern scholars looking to identify and categorize those who were involved in selecting the next Roman emperor. This thesis believes that these problems exist because scholars are not distinguishing the names of key ancient institutions from the underlying types of power which backed their capability for action. This thesis seeks to solve this problem by creating a categorization system for imperial accessions based around a basic unit called the “political interest.” At its core, a political interest is a combination of the name of the individual or group as listed in the primary sources, the different types of power they possessed, and the level of decision-making authority they wielded during an imperial selection. Using this system, this thesis creates a database of Late Roman emperors with information on when they came to power, the various stages of their accessions, what political interests supported them, and where these interests were located. This thesis then analyzes the political and geographic trends from the database and supplies provisional explanations as to why changes in the Late Roman accession process occurred.
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Rendina, Simone. "L’Oriente greco nell’età del prefetto Antemio. Centri e periferie." Doctoral thesis, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11384/85655.
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Rhoby, Andreas. "Reminiszenzen an antike Stätten in der mittel- und spätbyzantinischen Literatur : eine Untersuchung zur Antikenrezeption in Byzanz /." Göttingen : Peust & Gutschmidt, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb392431285.
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Texte remanié de: Dissertation--Wien, 1999. Titre de soutenance : Reminiszenzen an antike Orte und Landschaften in der mittel- und spätbyzantinischen Literatur.Bibliogr. p. 6-18. Notes bibliogr. Index.
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Binvel, Iane. "La sigillographie au service de l’histoire. Le réseau des Comnènes (du XIe siècle au début du XIIIe siècle." Thesis, Paris 4, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA040221.
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Digne héritier de l’Empire romain d’Occident, l’Empire romain d’Orient plus communément appelé Empire byzantin est la scène de nombreux changements politiques et socio-économiques depuis sa création au IVème siècle. Parmi les acteurs de ces évolutions se trouvent les Comnènes, une famille issue de l’aristocratie dite militaire que rien ne prédestinait à occuper les hautes sphères de l’administration impériale de 1057 à 1204. En se basant prioritairement sur les sceaux regroupés sous la forme d’un catalogue, il s’agira de mettre en lumière l’histoire de la famille qui prend petit à petit la dimension d’un réseau basé sur une forte politique matrimoniale modifiée par les empereurs Comnènes jusqu’à atteindre son apogée au XIIe siècle. Organisé en trois partie le premier tome de cette étude peint un tableau exhaustif de la famille en extrayant des sources l’ensemble des informations se rapportant aux Comnènes et à leurs parents afin, dans un deuxième temps de mieux comprendre comment le mariage est utilisé pour étendre son attraction et son pouvoir sur le reste de la population byzantine et sur le reste du monde médiéval du XIIe siècle, enfin une étude du corpus iconographique propre au réseau des Comnènes sera étudié afin de montrer l’existence ou non d’une évolution des cultes sous l’action de cette famille. Ce travail repose sur un corpus de sceaux dédié aux Comnène qui compose le second tomeWorthy heir to the Roman Empire of Occident, the Roman Empire of the East more commonly called Byzantine Empire is the scene many political changes and socio-economic since his creation at the 4th century. Among the actors of these evolutions are Komnenian, a family resulting from the aristocracy known as military that nothing predestined to occupy the higher realms of the imperial administration of 1057 to 1204. By firstly basing on the seals gathered in form the shape of a catalogue, it will be a question of clarifying the history of the family which gradually size up a network thanks to a strong matrimonial policy which is modified by the Komnenian emperors until reaching her apogee at the 12th century. Organized into three part the first volume of this study paints an exhaustive painting of the family by extracting from the sources the whole of information referring to Komnenian and with their parents so, in the second time to better understand how the family uses the marriage to extend her attraction and her power on the rest of the Byzantine population and on the rest of the world medieval of the 12th century, finally a study of the iconographic corpus suitable for the network of Komnenian will be studied in order to show the existence or not evolution of the worships under the action of this family. This work is based on a corpus of seals dedicated to Komnenian who composed the second volume
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Ewing, Hannah E. "A “Truly Unmonastic Way of Life”: Byzantine Critiques of Monasticism in the Twelfth Century." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397653075.
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Kambourova, Tania. "Le don dans l'image byzantine du souverain." Paris, EHESS, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004EHES0017.
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Le travail s'inscrit dans une approche interdisciplinaire, englobant à la fois une longue durée et une aire géopolitique large. Les sources primaires en sont principalement les images. Partant du concept du don selon Mauss, on note cependant une inversion fondamentale intervenue avec le christianisme. Il s'agit de montrer certains mécanismes fondamentaux de la société médiévale et du modèle chrétien construit et reconstruit dans la tradition byzantine à travers l'analyse des deux acteurs principaux de la société médiévale : Dieu et le souverain. Les deux parties de la thèse sont organisées autour de ces acteurs : la première concerne le don divin de la couronne, alors que la seconde traite du don du livre et du modèle réduit de l'église par le souverain. Ces "échanges" sont remis dans leur contexte eschatologique et sotériologique. Deux niveaux de lecture sont proposés : l'un concerne le phénomène et la manifestation du don, l'autre isole le geste du don dans l'imageThis is an interdisciplinary work that covers a long chronological period and a large geopolitical area. It main source is based on images. The concept of the dissertation follows Mauss's gift but points out a fundamental inversion, which came with christianity. The goal is to explain some of the fundamental mechanisms in the medieval society and in the Christian's model constructed and reconstructed in the Byzantine tradition by analysing the two principal actors in medieval society : God and the Sovereign. The two parts of the dissertation are organised around these two actors : the first concerns the crown as a gift of God, and the second is about the gift of the book and the small model of the church by the sovereign. These "exchanges" are placed in their eschatological and soteriological context. Two levels of reading are proposed : one joints the phenomenon and the manifestation of the gift, the other one isolates the gesture of gift in the picture
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Alekseenko, Nikolaj. "L'administration byzantine de Cherson et sa région d'après les sceaux (VIIIe-XIe siècle)." Paris 4, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005PA040179.
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Cherson, l'une des plus grandes villes au nord de la mer Noire au Moyen Âge, fut presque constamment sous domination byzantine jusqu'au XIIe siècle/ Il se trouve qu'une découverte exceptionnelle de sceaux permet d'éclairer l'administration interne de cet établissement périphérique. Des institutions qu'on croyait révolues depuis la fin de l'Antiquité, tel le père de la ville, l'ekdikos, le prôteuôn, se sont maintenues. Grâce aux sceaux, il est possible de comprendre la politique impériale de nomination des fonctionnaires locaux. Les autorités de Constantinople cherchent à maintenir leur emprise tout en devant accepter de laisser une certaine autonomie à la population et à ses notables. Ces derniers entrent souvent au service de l'Empire et furent parfois envoyés loin de leur pays d'origine. Est ainsi offert — outre un catalogue des plombs, lus avec une meilleure sécurité et une datation améliorée — un tableau assez complet des structures administratives de Cherson durant le Moyen Âge byzantinOne of the largest cities in the northern Black Sea region during the Middle Ages, Cherson was almost continually under Byzantin control until the twelfth century. An extraordinary discovery of seals has made it possible to explain the internal workings of the local administration of this peripherical city. Such institutions as the Father of the city, the Ekdikos, the Proteuon, which were thought to have ceased to exist of the end of Antiquity, have been shown to have survived. With the help of the seals, it is possible to understand imperial policy in the nomination of local officials. The authorities in Constantinople sought to maintain their hold whilst allowing a certain autonomy to the population and its elite. These latter often entered imperial service and were sometimes sent far away from their native lands. We thus obtain — in addition to a catalogue of seals, read and dated with greater precision then before — a remarkably complete overview of the administration structures of Byzantine Cherson
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Kunselman, David E. "Arab-Byzantine War, 629-644 AD." Ft. Leavenworth : Army Command and General Staff College, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA494014.
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Le, Coz Audren. "Résistance et mutations de la fonction impériale entre Antiquité tardive et Moyen Age : le règne de Zénon (474-491)." Thesis, Paris 4, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PA040143.
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La déposition du dernier empereur d’Occident en 476 a longtemps marqué le tournant entre Antiquité et Moyen Age. Depuis quelques décennies, les études sur l’Antiquité tardive ont relativisé la portée de cet épisode. La continuité aurait largement prévalu, d’où la promotion d’une large Antiquité tardive, du IIIe au VIIIe siècle : une période d’évolution lente, non de rupture brutale. L’Empire romain a pourtant bien traversé une crise profonde dans la seconde moitié du Ve siècle, en Orient comme en Occident. Cette étude se propose d’examiner en particulier la façon dont l’empereur Zénon (474-491) a fait face à cette crise générale de l’autorité impériale et à la déposition des derniers empereurs d’Occident. Avec pragmatisme et opportunisme, Zénon a engagé la fonction impériale dans un nouveau monde, sans renoncer à la prétention des empereurs à incarner une autorité universelle. Une méthode de gouvernement originale se dessine, notamment après l’usurpation de Basiliskos (475-476), qui l’oblige à revoir en profondeur sa politique dans les domaines intérieur, extérieur et religieux. Les choix de Zénon dans son second règne ont engagé ses successeurs, quelle qu’ait été leur volonté de revenir aux traditionnelles ambitions impériales. Sans renier les avancées des études tardo-antiques sur le temps long, cette étude se propose donc de mettre en lumière l’accélération politique des années 475-476, notamment du point de vue oriental. Tout en défendant la fonction impériale pluriséculaire dont il venait d’hériter, le rôle historique de l’empereur Zénon a été d’accepter un nouveau monde, et d’accompagner l’entrée de l’Empire romain dans le Moyen AgeFor a long time, scholars identified the deposing of the last Western Emperor in 476 CE as the transition point between Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Over the past few decades, Late Antiquity scholars have reconsidered the importance of this event: continuity would have definitely prevailed, which opened up the path to the promotion of an extended Late Antiquity, from third Century to eighth Century AD. A period of slow evolution, without brutal rupture. However, this argument fails to account for the profound crisis the Roman Empire experienced during the second half of the 5th century CE, in both the East and West. Accordingly, this study examines Emperor Zeno’s (474-491 CE) approach to this widespread crisis of imperial authority, and the dethroning of the last Western emperors. With pragmatism and opportunism, Zeno refashioned the role of emperors for a new world, without renouncing the emperor’s claim to universal authority. A new method of governance appeared, particularly after Basiliskos’ usurpation of the throne (475-476 CE), which forced Zeno to radically revise his internal, external and ecclesiastical policies. Zeno’s moves during his second reign restricted the options of his successors, no matter how strong was their willingness to return to traditional imperial ambitions. Without denying the advances of Late Antiquity studies over the long term, this study illuminates the rapid political events of the years 475-6 CE, particularly in the Eastern half of the Empire. While defending the long historical tradition of imperial power he inherited, Zeno’s historical role was to accept a new world and help usher the Roman Empire into the Middle Ages